Associated Students of College of San Mateo
Student Senate Minutes Unapproved
Monday, February 3, 2014
2:15 PM
College of San Mateo, College Center, College Heights Conference Room (Building 10, Room 468)
I.
Call to Order: 2:16 PM
II.
Roll Call: Members Present- Vice President Governale; Finance Director Haddad; Vice Chair Callahan; Secretary
Tran; Senators Bajwa, Cheung, Dutton, Garcia, Inatov, Jhoo, Lastimosa, Q. Li, O.Li, Liang, Lowe, Vasquez, Wu,
and Zhou. Members Absent- President Sharpe; Senators Girard, and Silva.
III.
Approval of the Agenda Motion to approve agenda by Senator Callahan and Seconded by Senator Lowe.
Hearing no objections the motion is carried.
IV.
Approval of the Minutes of Prior Meeting(s) Motion to approve agenda by Senator
V.
Announcements & Hearing of the Public (15 minutes per topic, 3 minutes per speaker)
President Claire – I just wanted to welcome the Students back to the Spring Semester and hope everything is
going well. The AS has done an outstanding job of representing students and making decisions around campus.
VI.
Reports
a.
Officers
1.
President
Hayley Sharpe
President is at DPGC. I hope everyone had a good weekend I will be send out board policies everyone
please look over it. Good job to Senator Garcia for a fantastic reboot week. Also the rented space to Solar
City and Easy Go rent goes back to campus.
2.
Vice President
Amanda Governale
None
3.
Finance Director
Hanna Haddad
Happy Chinese New Year
4.
Vice Chair
Bill Callahan
Last week I was at DIAG James Carranza has stepped down from Dean of Language Arts and looking for
a new Professional Development Chair. In ICC Feb 19th and 20th for club Fair also Transfer Club will be
going to UC Davis and on March 5th they will be going to UC Berkeley.
5.
Secretary
Chris Tran
b.
Senators
Senator Girard – at DPGC and will have Rupinder Bajawa present Bills.
Senator Vasquez – Library Advisory committee meeting is next Wednesday.
c.
Advisors
1.
Aaron Schaefer, Student Life and Leadership Manager
Had a reminder for meetings senators that are going please keep reports short to main ideas and please
talk to Haley, Amanda, Fauzi or myself. Senate and executive officers get parking passes that can be
utilized for staff parking does not work at Skyline and Canada only at CSM.
2.
Fauzi Hamadeh, Student Life and Leadership Assistant
No Report.
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VII.
VIII.
Unfinished Action, Discussion, and Information Items
Cultural Awareness appointment for Brenda. Motion to appoint Brenda to Cultural Awareness by Senator
Vasquez and Seconded by Senator Dutton hearing no objections the motion is carried. Voting to take place Yay14 Nay-0 Abstained-0 Brenda is now appointed to cultural awareness.
Programming Board Appointments. Motion to appointment Lex to programming board by Senator Callahan and
Senator O. Li. Hearing no objections the motion is approved. Voting to take place Yay-14 Nay-0 Abstained-0 Lex
is appointed to Programming Board. Motion to appoint Lana to programing by Senator Lowe and Senator
Lastimosa hearing no objections the motion is carried. Voting to take place Yay-0 Nay-0 Abstained-0. Motion to
appointment Eelim to programming board. by Senator Zhou and Seconded Senator Khou hearing no objections
the motion is carried. Voting to take place Yay-14 Nay0- Abstained-0 Eelim is appointed to Programming Board.
a.
Appointments – President Sharpe
The Senate shall discuss and consider any appointments to the Senate, Advocacy Board, Cultural
Awareness Board, Programming Board, participatory governance committees, and/or any other
appointments that may be deemed necessary; possible action to take place.
b.
Legislative Bills – Advocacy Board Chair
SB 240 was discussed regarding polling places on universities, CSUs, and community colleges by Mail
Ballots. Motion to approve SB 240 by Senator Dutton and Seconded Senator Cheung hearing no
objections the motion is carried. Voting to take place Yay-9 Nay-1 Abstained-3 Bill is approved. AB 330
for Financial aid information. Motion to approve AB 330 by Senator O. Li and Seconded by Senator
Lowe hearing no objections the motion is carried. Voting to take place Yay-11 Nay-0 Abstained-3.
AB330 support is approved.
New Business, Discussion, and Information Items
a.
Lunar New Year Proposal – Cultural Awareness Board
Motion to approve $1,400 for Lunar New Year from Cultural Account by Senator Garcia and Seconded
by Senator Wu hearing no objections the motion is carried. Voting to take place Yay-0 Nay-0 Abstained0 funding is approved.
b.
Hunger Banquet – Cultural Awareness Board
Motion to approve $1,300 for the Hunger Banquet from Cultural Account by Senator Lastimosa and
Seconded by Senator Lowe hearing no objections the motion is carried. Voting to take place Yay-14 Nay0 Abstained-0 funding is approved.
c.
Allan R. Brown – Advisor Schaefer and Advisor Hamadeh
Motion to approve $1,500 for the Allan R. Brown Award from Awards and Scholarships by Senator
Garcia and Seconded by Senator Vasquez hearing no objections the motion is carried. Voting to take
place Yay-14 Nay-0 Abstained-0 funding is approved.
d.
FACCC Advocacy and Policy Conference Attendance – Advocacy Board
Motion to approve $1,500 for FACCC Conference from Student Representation Fee Trust by Senator Wu
and Seconded by Senator Khou hearing no objections the motion is carried. Voting to take place Yay-14
Nay-0 Abstained-0 funding is approved.
e.
IX.
DSC Bylaws – Advisor Schaefer and President Sharpe
Advisor Schaefer gave a brief overview of the DSC Bylaws and that it was sent to Board of Trustees.
Item will be tabled to next week Motion to table the DSC bylaws by Senator Dutton and Seconded by
Zhou hearing no objections the motion is carried.
Future Agenda Items
DSC Bylaws, Vice President of Administrative Services will be coming by.
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X.
Final Announcements & Hearing of the Public (15 minutes per topic, 3 minutes per speaker)
None
XI.
Adjournment: Motion to adjourn meeting at 3:12 PM by Senator Lastimosa and Seconded by Senator Bajwa
hearing no objections the meeting is adjourned at 3:12 PM.
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